Nintendo Switch (NX) details leak.

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Seems Nintendo are at it again, when will they learn, STOP USING PROPRIETARY STORAGE DEVICES, how they can justify their games costing around £10 more than the exact same game on other systems, in fact it's not even going be the exact same game, it will most likely be an inferior game, due to the constraints of the Switch.

You'd think they'ed learn their lesson after the N64 etc.

I think Nintendo have learned the lesson that many people will buy their consoles regardless just because it has a Nintendo badge on it.
They certainly don't seem to be interested in convincing the fence sitters that Nintendo consoles are worth buying.

Not me. The last Nintendo console I'd consider must buy was the Gamecube, none have tempted me since.

Seems Nintendo are at it again, when will they learn, STOP USING PROPRIETARY STORAGE DEVICES, how they can justify their games costing around £10 more than the exact same game on other systems, in fact it's not even going be the exact same game, it will most likely be an inferior game, due to the constraints of the Switch.

You'd think they'ed learn their lesson after the N64 etc.

Because optical storage in a portable device makes *perfect* sense, right? Quick - you should apply for a job at Nintendo pronto, so you can show those rank amateurs how to really make a game console!

^^Wow very funny, remember the console was originally sold as a console with mobile ability, so you would of thought they would of thought of this and made it digital only for the mobile part.

Can I suggest you remove your Nintendo supplied blinkers and stop trying to defend what is clearly a stupid and unjust pricing policy, after all Nintendo could just reduced the royalty payments for 3rd party games, to bring them in line with other console ports. Why do Nintendo DS games, cost significantly less than their console counterparts? Ok they are inferior games so in theory should take less effort to programme/port, but then so is the Switch's games. This right here spells the end for 3rd party Switch support in any meaningful way, and your going to see the arrival of indie and shovelware titles that are downloads only.

Seems Nintendo are at it again, when will they learn, STOP USING PROPRIETARY STORAGE DEVICES, how they can justify their games costing around £10 more than the exact same game on other systems, in fact it's not even going be the exact same game, it will most likely be an inferior game, due to the constraints of the Switch.

You'd think they'ed learn their lesson after the N64 etc.

Because optical storage in a portable device makes *perfect* sense, right? Quick - you should apply for a job at Nintendo pronto, so you can show those rank amateurs how to really make a game console!

Seems Nintendo are at it again, when will they learn, STOP USING PROPRIETARY STORAGE DEVICES, how they can justify their games costing around £10 more than the exact same game on other systems, in fact it's not even going be the exact same game, it will most likely be an inferior game, due to the constraints of the Switch.

The PSP only proves my point. The discs were ultra fragile and even when storing them in a hard shell carry case, the cases would break after a while. And from a power consumption point of view, optical drives make no sense and the same goes for space requirements.

^^Wow very funny, remember the console was originally sold as a console with mobile ability, so you would of thought they would of thought of this and made it digital only for the mobile part.

No matter how you try to spin it, it's still something that you can take on the move. It doesn't matter what message you want to try and hang on to to justify your obvious dislike of Nintendo, it's still a device that lets you take it on the move and play games in other places when you don;t have access to a TV or mains power source.

Can I suggest you remove your Nintendo supplied blinkers and stop trying to defend what is clearly a stupid and unjust pricing policy, after all Nintendo could just reduced the royalty payments for 3rd party games, to bring them in line with other console ports.

Yes...they should do exactly what Sony are doing. They should bump down the cost of goods/license fees and make very little money - so little in fact, that they're struggling to cover the cost of running the console business and shutting down internal development and selling off assets. Yes, that makes perfect sense.

Why do Nintendo DS games, cost significantly less than their console counterparts? Ok they are inferior games so in theory should take less effort to programme/port, but then so is the Switch's games.

There are a lot of factors in the final price of a game - reproduction and license fees being one of them. I know how much Switch cards cost and it's not nearly as high as you might think. There was a time when Blu-Ray discs were seriously expensive to press (they still sort of are when compared to DVD hence Sony reducing their license fees) but the price came down over time - and even though Switch cards are not massively expensive, there's room for their cost to come down as well.

Besides - it's the publisher who sets the final price. Perhaps they are the people you should be demanding to change their practices and not Nintendo.

To further add, I think what I would of done is have a blu ray device on the dock, install games from that onto the Switch, and have the Switch's card port able to read DS games, but thats me.

So your solution is;

Increase the cost of the whole device

Force people to pay for the game twice to play it on the move and at home

Add extra costs to developers to support both card and disc

In short; you want to make the games cheaper, by making a system that takes more effort which in turn, makes it more expensive for developers to make games on it? That's just hilarious Please by all means, send your strategy to Nintendo. I'm sure they could do with your "genius" ideas.

No I didn't say buy the game twice, where did I say that, you really must remove those blinkers. I said install on to the Switch from a blu ray drive, like most other systems. And not being funny the other consoles, have blu ray drives, better GPUS, better Processors, more storage etc etc, and they weren't that much more expensive when released. In fact like for like my PS4 launch was probably around the same price as the Switch, when you add in a game, sd card etc.

The card reader, would just be for existing DS users, so they don't have to re-buy their entire catalogue of games again.

You've spent all this time whining and moaning about Nintendo - how they only make "kiddie" game, how they're stuck in the past, how they should just make another "PS4/XBO"-like, how the Switch won't be successful etc. And yet, here we are, demand for the Switch is amazingly high, pretty close to the Wii as it happens, and looks set to be a long term winner.

I hope Nintendo keep on doing the opposite of what you expect them to do, because it seems to be working.

If your interested in how loading times are on the various storage solutions:

With Zelda the Switch internal storage is fastest followed by SD storage (Although it seems there's a cap as they didn't see faster speeds from faster rated cards) with the game cards been marginally slower.

Finally got my screen protectors and carry case for my Switch. Which means it has now spent more than half an hour outside its dock since I first got it and I feel comfortable utilising it in more than just the TV mode now.

Unfortunately, I didn't get it quite right so there are 3 or 4 blodges of air showing up now between the protector and the screen. I can probably live with it but it does make one wonder why they don't ship them out with protected screens

I really didn't feel the Splatoon 2 Test Fire, I'm one of the few people that owned a Wii U and I also owned Splatoon on it, and all I can say is Splatoon 2 is not at all different from Splatoon 1 from what they've shown so far. Even the map available on the Test Fire period was eerily similar to one of the maps in the original Splatoon, so sadly, though I was quite excited, I've lost all interest in Splatoon 2 now, because it's just "more of the same" and for me Online TPS' just aren't that fun anymore.

Currently downloading Snake Pass though so I'm hoping that's good, looks reminiscent of the old school platformers only instead of being a character that jumps around everywhere you're a snake.

I love mine...so far I only have the Zelda game, but I like that I can play on it while OH watches TV. The screen is very clear and doesn't jump like the WiiU screen does when on handheld only. IMO it's the best console Nintendo have released.
(I am a Nintendo fangirl though)

HOWEVER they did announce DOOM (2016) and Wolfenstein II for the Switch!

While it's cool to see the Switch getting big AAA third party games, I'm not really sure that Doom & Wolfenstein are really the sort of games that are going to do all that well on Switch & i'm not sure there the sort of games that people are going to want to play there rather than on the other systems, Especially if they look worse & run at a lower framerate (Games like these really do benefit from 60fps).

Also won't help that Doom is over a year old already so i'd guess that most people who are interested have already played it & Wolfenstein 2 is coming to switch in 2018 (Coming to PS4/XB1/PC next month) so again most of the interested will likely have already played it & I just can't see many holding off to play on Switch (Unless it's there only console).

Happened to see Switch in stock at my local supermarket yesterday, so snapped it up while I had the chance.

It's staying buried in the back of the wardrobe for the time being. My 3 kids have all dropped hints about getting one, so with 2 birthdays and Christmas coming up it feels like it made sense to have one hidden away so I don't get caught out later.

Got a SNES Mini on order as well for the same reasons, although stocks for that should be much healthier than they were for its predecessor. (Which will be made available again next year)